National Republican., 1887-07-07

termed "the trystlng place." HIS descrlp-
tlon OF the ground was very exact, and a
number Of important points were fully
covered In very minute manner.
THERE WERE NO TOE MARKS VISIBLE,
and Turner did not point out any to me.
Turner said the horse was hitched DIR. Read
ing called my attention to a dead branch
which rested across the live limbs at such q
height that IL was very probable the horse,
II he was tied there, would pull IL down.
Turner saw this, and he pulled 1t down and
threw IL away. On subsequent visit i
saw two dead limbs little higher up that
! had rot noticed previously"
At this point, 1915, recess was taken
until 2 O'Clock, at which hour the Presby-
tery reconvened.
BY consent Of the court and counsel the
examination OF Mr.. Round was interrupted
to allow the evidence Of Daniel Lomax,
colored, to be taken, as he desired to leave
the city as soon ns possible.
"My name is Daniel Lomax. reside at
Manassas. / was in this city q week ago
to-day. met Robert Turner In Alexandria
on Wednesday last. / made Turner'S ac-
quaintance at the depot, and there Turner
told me he was the Robert Turner IN the
Todd case. He said that he had been
charged by Mr.. Round with having got $40
from Mr.. Hornbaker, but, said he, Il had
sion on my mind that be had received It
later. / said, well a man ought to be paid
for his labor, especially poor man. l saw
Turner purchase his ticket at Alexandria;
he had plenty OF money; 1t was In bills. l
saw him
PUT THE MONEY IN HIS POCKET.
am Baptist preacher.n
Cross examined: 81 had been up In
Washington and was going back to. Ma
passas. l left Washington on the ferry
boat. first saw Turner at the depot 10
Alexandria. didn't know who 1t was until
Turner himself said SO. Mr.. Carico came
up and introduced himself, when Turner
said, Il hadn't received the $40 then.' |
took good square look al him, and he
being a Baptist and being a Baptist 1
thought ought to console him. Laugh
teri / might have talked to him from
there TO Manassas II had wanted TO, but |
didn't; had formed an idea that he had
been cared for [laughterl and so he didn't
need any consolation. What time he re-
ferred to by saying them was doubtless
the time when Mr.. Round charged him
with receiving the bribe.";
The examination IN chief Of Mr.. Round
was then continued. The moderator ruled
that the defense could not interrogate the
witness as to the contents Of an affidavit
made before the witness by Turner; but
that the affidavit itself could be accepted as
evidence for the defense to show the ma
terial differences in Turner's statements In
| and out Of court.
DIR. Childs appealed from the moderator's
decision, but the question fell to the
| ground, and matters went along as usual.
Examination continued: "rurner told
| me that he heard great scuflling in the
| woods. lie told me he got home at 10
| O'Clock. He told me that he tracked the
horse both ways toward Maloney's fence
| corner; he said the horse tracks went both
ways. He said the ground
WAS NOT PAVED UP
around the tree where the horse was stand
| ing. lie told me that VIII Bodine and
| Enoch Bodine had come to him, and that he
had gone with Enoch Bodine to Brentsville
and made an aflldavit. He told me that
would never respond to his good morning
or other salutations. He told me he hadn't
thought of Mr.. Todd for weeks and days.
took two aflidavits from Mrs. Leila
Shaefer-the first one on June IL. l took
that affidavit at her house. She said she
had seen Mr.. Todd ride by, but she didn't
know what day 1t was that he passed. The
The rumor was circulated that l had
treated her impolitely, and l went to
give her an opportunity to make correct
statement She told me that she had made
another affidavit to Mr.. Nichol. She said
Mr.. Hornbaker had asked her to make 1t.
She was fearful that we might imagine she
was brlbcd. She said Mr.. Hornbaker had
told her that there had been $4,000 put up
to clear Todd. used no rough Language
to her; her husband was present and would
probably have kicked me out II had mis-
behaved myself. l did not swear; tht
Washington Post said did, "a voice
.'the Post is not witness.np ~ called a
Mr.. Bodine's house and Mrs. Allen sale
that Mr.. Todd passed their house at II
O'Clock that morning. i took the affidavit
OF Mr.. Snow; he said that 1t was within @
few minutes OF eleven when he met Mr.
Todd. took the affidavit OF Mr.. Maloney
also. Mrs. Shaefer told me that Mr.. Bodine
was there with petition for
THE REMOVAL OF Mr.. TODD,
"She did not read it, but read the names
and signed It. Mr.. Maloney told me thai
he met Mr.. Todd about twenty or twenty
five rods from MELONS gate on the Nokes
vile side. / was requested by the session
to survey and measure the roads. | meas
ured the roads by tying white clo.l
/ around portion OF wagon wheel ant
counting the revolutions"
The correctness Of the maps introduced
during the trial was proven by Dr. Sunder
land and the witness. The witness thel
stood up TO tho big map and gave accurat,
| distances from point to point.
A report made by the witness to the ses
sion was offered by the defense as evidenc
to prove the gossipy condition of society Il
fused, after q prolonged discussion, TO re
ceiye 1t.
Cross.examined 81 was employed b
the Presbyterian Church at Manassas
take aflidavits. have been engaged NOR
or less actively In the case since. am II
! terested in 1t. have conversed with Sc,
eral people on this case: never told Tul
, | ner that knew some Of the statements
, bad made were not true. told him that
had been informed by witness that b
, had said that II Mr.. Todd had given him 81
he W. uld have kept still about IL; he sal
that was false. Then asked him
would you have
TOLD THE STORY FOR TEN DOLLARS?
+ and he said, No;' made no charges again:
Turner; was there solely for the purpos
Of taking testimony; put the aflidavits
shape and the Opponents accepted them;
: expressed no opinion to any OF the wi
completed. The first affidavit OF Mr.
Shaefer's was not in contradiction of I'll
statements made by other witnesses VIII
! say they saw Todd on the other road; l di
not tell her that Bob Turner's statement
were internal lies; did not tell her thi
knew her statements to be false. / wer
) to the place In the woods with Turner au
: he pointed out definitely the spot where IL
lsprobe was said TO have been sprea'
Turner told me that he saw the woma
, crawl over the mans feet In her endeavoi
to get to the brush. The stick that hs
been produced was directly under the maj
II there as any man there; 1t had eyldentl
lain there months, perhaps years; the site
+; was moved about three inches when wei
, there the second time; cattle may ha,
/ moved 1t, or there may have been anoth,
0 couple there. don't know whose hori
' tracks were at the base Of the trees.
horse aud buggy could he driven to With
7 twenty or thirty steps Of the spot"
: DIR. Childs "Do you know OF any wi
a | ness heinr Threatened In case certain test